The Fuzzy Duckling by mrestey

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 30, 2010

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I am on a cuteness roll lately. Don't worry, I'll run out of cute images soon. This little critter, as I am sure you all know, is a baby duck. As I seem to recall, it was a mallard duckling. Yes, yet again, this little guy and his siblings - three of them if I recall correctly - were recipients of a rescue. This time they were rescued by our local animal control officer at our police department. They were found homeless and motherless. My wife - who works for the police department as a secretary for the detectives - volunteered to bring them home to give to (you guessed it) my "naturalist" brother next door to raise. In this picture you see one of the little ducklings cupped in my wife's hands. That's our koi pond in the background. All three ducklings had a nice swim in our koi pond shortly after this picture was taken. After they got over their initial apprehension over the big scary fishes in the pond, they had a grand time splashing, scooting and diving. LOL, they were like little kids in a pool. They didn't want to get out when it was time to go. Well, I hope you enjoy.

Comments (26)

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Erestorfan 4:01PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

Oh, I remember how super cute these ducklings were, diving and bobbing in the pond once they realized that the koi were not going to eat them. I remember how they picked amongst the rocks on the side and would swim and then preen, then swim again until they were all tuckered out. A sweet memory. And they grew up so quickly...and flew off for parts unknown...

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RodS 4:03PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

Well, Mike, this is definitely up there on the cuteness scale LOL! I'll refrain from saying it's just 'ducky.' Oops - I guess I just did LOL! Great photo, charming subject. With your brother right next door, I'm guessing you rarely run short of interesting critters to photograph :-D

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Mavrosh 4:07PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

Awww, I wanna touch the little fuzzy head now!

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kbrog 4:10PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

Very cute! Beautiful clear capture!

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Nickieboy2004 4:54PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

Ducks, geese and swans are extremely beautiful when that young. Nice picture!

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tennesseecowgirl 5:14PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

This is way off the cute meter here.. VERY cute image..

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qrud 5:34PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

Young and sweet.

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Jedi_Padawan 5:40PM | Sat, 30 January 2010

Oh yes, the cuteness-roll...... I have it too but I haven't uploaded the images here until now... but perhaps I should, like you! A wonderful image and a very, very cute duck - MORE cuteness please!!!!!! ~Sassy~

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